Posted by Peter Ceresole on June 10, 2014 at 14:16:10 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Arthur's voice - NEW START posted by Peter Hyland on June 10, 2014 at 12:19:41:
Others have described AR’s voice as “public school educated”, “stilted”, “Edwardian” etc. but I think AR was speaking in what was then considered to be ‘RP’ (Received Pronunciation, although the term “standard English” is probably better).
Yes. And his enunciation was RP in Edwardian times. I don't see why, with his history and background, he should have sounded any different.
I was brought up and lived for almost all my life in London, and my accent has always been RP. Very different from AR's, of course; 40 years and two wars different.